Euronext reference shareholders renew agreement; sell 6.3% stake via accelerated bookbuilding
14 JUN 2017
Euronext (Paris:ENX) (Amsterdam:ENX) (Brussels:ENX) received the information that the group of Reference Shareholders (RSH), holding 33.36% of its share capital, has decided to extend an amended version of their RSH Agreement. This agreement dated 3 June 2014 was due to expire on 20 June 2017, and is now extended for a further period of two years commencing on 21 June 2017.
Eight RSH will adhere to such extension, now accounting for 23.86% of Euronext’s share capital. The new Reference Shareholders group has agreed to a new lock-up period of two years commencing on 21 June 2017 and expiring on 20 June 2019. The Supervisory Board representation of the Euronext RSH will be maintained, as the RSH, acting jointly, will retain their right to nominate one third of the Supervisory Board seats.
Euronext has also been informed that the lock-up of the current Reference Shareholders Agreement has been waived in favour of BNP Paribas and Société Générale in order to enable them to sell down in a coordinated manner their excess stakes in Euronext representing approximately 4.4 million Euronext shares, totalling to approximately 6.3% of Euronext’s share capital.
This development was also reported in daily Les Echos, which said that BNP Paribas and Société Générale sold the shares via an accelerated bookbuilding that took place yesterday Tuesday. The report noted that shares in Euronext have doubled in the last three years.